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Nov. 81 1932. A. J. HUNT 1,886,684

MACHINE FOR DELIVERING CHANGE FOR COINS INSERTED THEREIN Filed May 16.1929 5 Sheets-Sheet l l V \s 1 E j I 120 F 7. n F 8.

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MACHINE FOR DELIVERING CHANGE FOR COINS INSERTED THEREIN Filed May 16.1929 5. Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Nov. 8,' 1932- A. .1. HUNT 1,886,684

MACHINE FOR DELIVERING CHANGE FOR COINS INSEHTED THEREIN Filed May 16,1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Nov. 8, 1932. AfJ. HUNT 3% MACHINE FURDELIVEHINGCHANGE FOR COINS INSER'IED THEREIN Filed May 16, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 4NQV 8, 1932. A1 J, U 1,886,6&4

DELIVERING CHANGE FOR COINS INSERTED THEREIN Fiied may 16. 1929 sSheets-Sheet 5 Patented Nov. 8 1932 units!) STATES PATENT orrica ALFREDJAMES HUNT, F TWYFORD, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HARLEY FRANK, OF

LONDON,

MACHINE FOB, DELIVERING CHANGE FOR CGINS IEEER'EED pplication filed May.16, 1929, Serial No. 363,555, and in Great Britain Tune 1, 1338.

This invention relates to machines for delivering change for coinsinserted therein and has for its object to provide a machine of thistype which will enable an operator to select the change he desires tothe value of the inserted coin or to the value thereof less apredetermined fee.

According-to the present invention there is provided a coin freed changegiving meche anism comprising means for the reception of coins of threeor more denominations, means operatively connected therewith forautomatically delivering change to the value of each inserted coin inany combination of coins and/or articles such as exchange items at willwithin the value of-said inserted coin and means for automaticallypreventing the delivery of articles and/or coins in excess of the valueof the inserted coin.

Further the invention consists of a machine o-fthe type describedwherein means operable through the medium of an inserted coinarearranged to rotate (through an angle proportionate-t0 the value ofthe coin in serted) one of apair of normally interengag- .ing co-axialmembers which in the normal :position thereof maintain the machineinoperable, and means operablethereafter to rotate the other memberthrough a corref spending angle and thereby automatically deliver coinsequal in sumvalue to the inserted coin or a recognized value of saidcoin.

Means are preferably provided for testing inserted coins in any waywhich may be considered desirable, and means are also providedto-prevent the operation of change delivering keys or levers associatedwith coins of greater value'than the amount remaining to be drawn by anoperator of the machine as change for an inserted coin.

In a suitable arrangement according to the invention, the machinecomprises a casing provided exteriorly witha series of slots for theinsertion of coins of-diflerent denominations for which change is to bedelivered. These slots form entrances to separate coin chutes which areeach provided with means for testing coins inserted therein andrejecting coins which do not-pass such test whilst a coin which passessuccessfullythrough the ly pivoted upon a main-spindle, mounted invarious tests isbrought to rest in a position 3 to co-operate with apair of levers, one of which is hereinafter referred to as the freeinglever and both the said levers being freebearings on the frame of themachine, the levers being retained in their normal positions by suitablesprings.

The coin is arranged to act as a driving medium between the said levers,of which the freeing lever or an extension thereof projects outside thecasing of the machine, and thereby enables the said lever to effectthe'operation of the second lever. The angle of movement of the freeinglever is arranged to be the same for each operation thereof, whilst theangle of movement imparted thereby to the second lever is proportionateto the value of the coin inserted in the machine. The difference betweenthe various angular movements of the second lever and the angularmovement of the freeing lever is permitted by lost motion between theinserted coin and the said levers.

The freeing lever is normally prevented from'being operated by a pivotedgravity controlled detent which is removed from engagement therewith bythe pressure or weight of the inserted coin acting against the detent.In ord r to ensure that upon each operation of the freeing lever thesame moves to the fullest extent in two directions, the same is providedwith a full stroke mechanism. Upon the return movement of the two leversdescribed the coin located between the same is 55 released by means of ashutter arranged to engage with an abutment located in the path thereofso as to release the coin and deliver the same into a till.

The angular movement of the second lever such a manner as to limit anyrotational movement that may be imparted to the main spindle. The saidspindle carries loosely mounted thereon a series of change key leverscorresponding to the number of different coins or combination of coinscapable of being delivered and operable through link mechanism todeliver from a series of maga zines, a coin or coins of a predeterminedvalue. Each of said change key levers is arranged to co-act with one ofa corresponding series of ratchets keyed to the main spindle and toproject through a slot in the casing of the machine for manipulation bythe operator.

The said levers are maintained in the nor mal position by suitablesprings and where necessary are provided with full-stroke mechanism andare also arranged to pass through a gate which prohibits the operationof more than one lever at a time whilst the angle of movement of eachlever is arranged proportionate to the value of the coin delivered bythe operation thereof. The arrangement is such that the angulardisplacement of the aforesaid stop-arm in advance of the stop carried bythe main spindle, is reduced by the subsequent operations of the changekey levers until the full value of the inserted coin has been obtainedwhen the stop carried by the main spindle will abut upon the stop armand any further manipulation of the machine is prevented until anothercoin has been inserted. In order to prevent the operation of change keylevers which would normally deliver coins of greater value than anychange due, latches are arranged to co-act with the change key leversoperable automatically to prevent the operation of levers correspondingto coins of a value in excess of the change yet to be delivered. Thesaid latches are controlled by means of a lever operatively connectingthe same to the stop on the main spindle which is in turn controlled bythe interaction of an abutment on the stop-arm and a face cam associatedwith the said. stop, the arrangement being that as the angle between thestop-arm and stop decreases those change key levers the use of which itis desired to prohibit are engaged by the latches and renderedinoperable.

lVhen the freeing lever is wholly or partly depressed it is necessarythat the change key levers should be incapable of being operated and toensure this the main spindle of the machine is fitted with a detentwheel and detent pawl similar to that described in connection with thestop-arm and controlled by the freeing lever. a

If it is desired the coin inserted may be employed to ensure through thedirect action of the freeing lever the release of fivepence halfpenny incoppers, the deficit of one halfpenny being the fee charged for the useof the machine.

In order that the invention may be fully understood the same will now bedescribed with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1is a front elevation of the machine.

Figure 2 is a sectional front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional side elevation on the line 33,of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional plan of the machine with some of the coin chutesremoved for clearness. g g

Figure 5' is a section of a detail on the line 55 of'Figure 2.-

Figure 6 is a portion of a section similar to Figure 3 but with theparts in a different position.

Figure 7 is a sectional view of a detail.

Figure 8 is a view similar toFigure 7 but with the parts in a differentposition.

Figure 9 is a section'of a detail on the line 99 of Figure 2. i 1

Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 9, but with the parts in adifferent position.

Figure 11 is a sectional view of a detail, and

Figure 12 is a view similar to Figure 11 but with the parts in adifferent position.

Figures 11 and 12 are drawn to a larger scale than the other figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the machine casing providedexteriorly with slots 2, 3, 4 and 5 for the insertion of half crowns,two shilling pieces, shillings and sixpences respectively. These slotseach form entrances to separate coin chutes 6, each of passes down thecorresponding chute 6 and strikes a blade spring '11, disposed in linewith the said chute-and if'the coin is milled the same will be deflectedinto one of a series of chutes 12 but if the coin is unmilled the samewill not be deflected by the said spring and will consequently pass toone of a series of chutes 13 and thence by way of chutes 1 1 and 15 tothe receptacle 10;

A coin which passes to one of the chutes 12 is brought to rest in one ofa series of slots 16, 17, 18 and 19 in a carriage 20, the said slotsbeing arranged to receive halfcrowns, two shilling pieces, shillings andsixpences respectively.

The carriage 20 is slidable on guides 21 fixed to the frame of themachine and is normally prevented from being moved through themedium ofa pivoted detent 22 which engages the said carriage and is provided withan extension 28 upon which any coin entering the carriage is arranged torest so that the said detent will be depressed against the action of theweight 24 to release the carriage. A pin 25 on the carriage 20 engages aforked end of a lever 26 mounted freely on a spindle 27 mounted inbearings 28 on the frame of the machine. The lever 26 has an extension29 which passes through a slot 30 in the casing 1. On the detent 22being released in the manner described the lever 29 is operable to bedepressed to the limit of the slot 30, which in the present instance isequivalentto an angular movement of the lever 36, the movement of thesaid lever causing the carriage 20 to be moved on the guides 21 adefinite amount and to carry therewith the coin positioned therein.

\Vhen a half-crown, two shilling piece or shilling is positioned in thecarriage 20 the same will, on the described movement of the saidcarriage, be caused to engage one of a series of abutments 31, 3 33,respectively, formed on a member 34- slidably mounted on the guides 21and so move the said member a predetermined amount, for example, inFigure 6 the dot and dash lines at A. represent a. half-crown inposition in the carriage 20 with the lever 26 in the depressed position.The member 34 is provided with a pin 35 which engages a fork in one endof a lever 36 freely mounted on the spindle 27 so that any movement ofthe said member will cause the lever 36 to be moved angularly in thedirection of the arrow Figure 5 about the spindle 27 a predeterminedamount which in the present instance is 36 when a half crown ispositioned in the carriage 20, 27 for a two shilling piece and 9 for ashilling, whilst when a sixpence is positioned in the said carriage themember 34: and lever 36 will not be moved thereby.

The lever 36 carriesa pawl 37 arranged to co-act with a ratchet wheel 38having forty teeth and carried by a member 39 loosely mounted on thespindle 27, the arrangement being that on the operation of the lever 26the said ratchet wheel is rotated through an angle corresponding to theangle of rotation of the lever 36, such angle depending upon the valueof the inserted coin as aforesaid. The member 39 is provided with adetent wheel 40 having forty teeth and co-acting with a spring impresseddetent pawl 41 carried on the frame of the machine to control therotation of the member 39. Normally the detent ll is maintained in rigidengagement with the detent wheel 40 by means of an extension d2 of thelever 36 so that the said detent wheel is locked againstmovement asclearly shown in Figure 5, but immediately the lever 36 is operated theextension 42 will unlock the detent 41 so that the member 39 may berotated.

The spindle 27 is locked against rotation during-the operation of thelever 26 by means of an extension 43 thereof engaging, during suchoperatioinbeneath aspring impressed detent pawl 44, carried on themachine frame and which is in engagement with a forty toothed detentwheel 45 fixed to the spindle 27. i

I The levers 26 and 36 are maintained in the normal position by springs.46, d7 respectively.

The member 39 is provided with anarm l8which is arranged to act as astop for an extension 49 of-a member 50 carried by the spindle 27 thesaid member 50 beingvkeyed to the said spindlevso as to rotate therewithbut so as to be longitudinally slidable thereon against the pressure ofa spring 51'.

The member 39 has a projection 52 which is in engagement with a face cam53 on the member 50 for a purpose hereinafter described.

- A series of key levers 5d, 55, 56 and 57 carried looselyon the spindle27 are arranged to pass through slots 58 in .the front of the machinecasing and 'exteriorly thereof are provided withlinger buttons 59. Thesaid levers are operable to deliver'coins from a series of magazines 60,in the manner indicated in Figure 10, through themedium of extensions 61on the said levers co-acting with pins 62 carried by levers 63, pivotedto th machine frame at 64:, links 65 attached at one end to said levers63 and at the other end t recessed drawers 66arranged at the lower i111; of the magazines v6O; coins thus delivered b ing caused to passthrough apertures 67 in a platform 68 carrying the magazines 60 and l aG hence by way of the chute 15 to the receptacle'lO. a

The levers 63: and thus the levers 54, 55, 56 and 57 are returned to thenormal position by springs 69, and the saidlatter levers carry springimpressed-pawls 70 which are each in engagement with one'of a series offorty toothed ratchet wheels 71 keyed to the spindie .27.

The slots 56throughwhieh the levers 54:, 55, 56 and 57 pass, are each ofa length adapted to limit the angle of movement of the said levers aboutthe axis of the spindle 27 in proportion to the value of the coindelivered by the respective levers, such proportion in the presentinstance being 9 for the lever 54 which is adapted to deliver fivepennies and one halfpenny (which corresponds to a value of sixpence inchange) 9 for the lever 55 which is adapted to deliver a siXpenny piece,18 for the lever 56 which is adapted to deliver a shilling piece and 36for the lever 57 which is adapted to deliver a two shilling piece. i

It will be seen from the foregoing description that as the levers 54:,55, 56 and 57 are operated to delivercoins as change, the spindle 27will be rotated by means of the pawls 70 .and ratchet wheels71 and thestop 49 of the his carriage 20 is provided with a pin 72 which isarranged to co-act with an arm 73 which 1s an extension of those levers63 which are adapted to deliver fivepence halfpenny and" which areoperatively connected together.

It will now be clear that on a coin being inserted in the machine andthe lever 26 operated in the manner described fivepence halfpenny willbe automatically delivered to the operator and the stop arm 48 will beset forward of the stop 49 (which is in fixed rotational relation withthe spindle 27) an angle which comprises 9 for every 'sixpence in valueof any residual change due to the operator and that this angle will betaken up 9 for every sixpence in value of such change which is deliveredfrom the machine. I

In order to prohibit the operation .of any lever of theseries 54 to 57,which would normally deliver a coin of greater value than any residualchange due to an operator the member provided with an annular groove 74with which engages one end of a lever 75 pivoted to the machine frame at76 and the other end of which is adapted to operate a slide 77 carriedon a guide 78 fixed to the machine frame, the said slide being providedwith spring controlled pivoted latches 79 arranged so that the same maybe engaged beneath the levers 56 and 57 to prevent the operationthereof.

The arrangement is such that on the initial relative angulardisplacement of the members 39 and 50, the latter member will be movedby the spring 63 longitiudinally of the spindle 27 by the action of thecam 53 an amount determined by the value of the inserted coin andcorrespondingly actuate the slide 77 and latches 79 to free the levers56 and/or 57 for operation if such operation would deliver coins withinthe value of change due to the operator. The latches are moved in adirection to lock the said levers 56 and 57 against use through themedium of the cam 53 and are bevelled at 80 to permit the return of thelevers 56 and 57 in the upward direction when the said latches aredeflected against the pressure of springs 81 and are subsequentlyreturned thereby to thenormal positions so as to abut against stops 82on the slide 77.

- The levers 54, 55, 56 and 57 are arranged, when operated, to passthrough a gate 83 which is provided with a series of balls 84 anddistance pieces 85 which are confined in a channel 86 in the said gateand between end abutments 87 in such a manner as to permit thedepression of only oneof said levers at one time. Any of the said leverswhich would normally pass completely through the gate are provided withan extension 88 arranged to pass into the said gate so as to occupy thefree space therein while such lever is depressed.

The levers 26, 56 and 57 are each provided with full stroke mechanism(for example as shown in Figures 3 and 6) comprising two sets of opposedratchet teeth 89 on the said levers and which are arranged to co-actwith a spring controlled tumbling pawl 90 pivoted on the machine frameand operated by a tooth which is arranged, on the forward movement ofthe carriage 20, to defiect'a pivoted abutment 94, but on thereturnmovement of the said carriage, to be moved laterally thereby against thepressure of a spring and allow the coin to fall through one of a seriesofslots 96 in the said shutter (Figure 8) and pass by way of the chute97 to the till 98 In order to ensure that the 00m 1s released from thegrip of the carriage 20 and member 34 a detent member 99 pivoted to themachine a frame, is provided having detents 100 which are adapted tohold the member 34 in any of the forward positions the same may occupy,for example, as shown in Figure 6 and to be released only when thecarriage20 returnsto;

the normal position when the said carriage engages an incline 101 on thedetent member 99 so as to release the member 34 which is then I returnedby the spring 47 to the normal pos1- tion against a stop 102 on thedetent member 99. l

- WVhen a sixpence is inserted in the machine the same may convenientlybe made to pass through a slot 96 in the shutter 92 immediately thecarriage 20 is moved forward as this coin is not adapted to move theslidable member 34.

The detent 22 is normally maintained in a position to permit the same tore-engage with the carriage 20 by means of astop 103.

Provision is made to prevent the insertion of a coin into the machinewhen any of the -magazines 60 are empty and comprises a series ofweights 104 (Figures 9 and 10) each normally resting on one of thecolumns of coins in the said magazines and having tongues 105 passingthrough slots 106 in the magazines 60 and which are designed to depressagainst spring pressure, when the saidmagazines are empty, a stirrupmember I 107 suspendedfrom links 108 pivoted at'109 on the machineframe, one of. the said links being provided with an extension110normally arranged to support one end of a lever 111 pivoted to themachine frame the other end of which is in engagement with a pin 112carried by a slidable shutter 113 provided with slots corresponding toand normally in register with the .slots 2, 3, 4, and 5 in the casing 1.

The arrangement is such that on the stirrup 107 being depressed by anyof the tongues 105 the link extension 110 will be moved from the normalposition and allow the lever 111 to fall (assisted by a spring ifnecessary) and so move the shutter 113 and shut off the coin slots 2 to5.

It is to be understood that in lieu of the eX- tension 29 the lever 26may be operated through the medium of a rod attached to the carriage 20and arranged to pass through the front of the machine and that theextension 52 of the member 39 and the cam 53 on the member 50 may bearranged in duplicate diametrically opposed it so desired, and the camor cams 53 may be adapted to operate the slide 77' so that additionallatches 79 carried thereby may be controlled so as to lock the levers 54and 55 against use when the full value of change has been delivered toan operator, in which case the stop arm 48 on the member 39 and the stop49 on the member 50 may be dispensed with.

Further, it is to be understood that the machine as a whole may beconstructed in a more robust manner than that indicated in the drawings.

It is to be understood that the invention herein described may beapplied to machines where no predetermined selection of coins isdelivered and/ or whether an initial fee is charged or not.

Claims:

1. A machine of the type described comprising a pair of normallyinterengaging coaxial members, means operable through the medium of aninserted coin to rotate one of said members through an angleproportionate to the value of the inserted coin, means operablethereafter to rotate the other member through a corresponding angle, andmeans operable by said last mentioned means to deliver coins equal insum value to the inserted coin or a recognized value of said coin.

2. A machine as claimed in claim 1 in which the first mentioned meansconsists of a manually operable lever, a second lever operable by saidmanually operable lever through the medium of an inserted coin, thesecond lever being arranged in operative connection with one of theinter-engaging coaxial members so as to move the same angularly withrespect to the other for the purpose specified.

3. A machine as claimed in claim 1 together with means for locking eachco-aXial member against rotational movement during the rotation of theother.

l. A machine as claimed in claim 1 including a series of levers forcausing the delivery of a corresponding series of coins of predeterminedvalue, each of said levers being arranged to co-operate with saidco-axial members to cause the latter to rotate relatively to one anotherby an amount proportionate to the value of the coin delivered, for thepurpose specified.

5. A machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein one of said co-axial membersis adapted to be rotated relatively to the other through the med m1 ofan inserted coin, said co -axial member being arranged to act as a stopto limit the movement of the other co-aXial member.

6. A machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein one of said co-aXial membersis fixed against axial movement and the other co-aXial member is movableaxially and adapted to carry a cam, operable on the rotation of saidmembers to cause said members to move axially to one another.

7. A machine as claimed-in claim 1 including a manually operable lever,a second-lever arranged in operative connection with one of theinterengaging co-aXial members and adapted to move the same angularlywith respect tothe other, said manually operable lever being adapted toactuate said second lever through the medium of an inserted coin, andmeans for automatically locking each of said co-aXial members againstrotational movement during rotation of the other.

8. A machine as claimed in claim 1 including amanually operable lever, asecond lever arranged in operative connection with one of theinterengaging co-aXial members and adapted to move the same angularlywith respect to the other, said manually operable lever being adapted toactuate said second lever through the medium of an inserted coin, and aseries of levers for causing the delivery of a corresponding series ofcoins of predetermined value, each of said levers being arranged toco-operate with saidco-aXial members to cause the latter to rotaterelatively to one another by an amount proportionate to the value of thecoin delivered, for the purpose specified.

9. A machine as claimed in claim 1 including a manually operable lever,a second lever arranged in operative connection with one of theinterengaging co-aXial members and adapted to move the same angularlywith respect to the other, said manually operable lever being adapted toactuate said second lever through the medium of an inserted coin, meansfor automatically locking each of said co-aXial members againstrotational movement during rotation of the other, and a series of leversfor causing the delivery of a corresponding series of coins ofpredetermined value, each of said levers being arranged to co-operatewith said co-axial members to cause the latter to rotate relatively toone another by an amount proportionate to the value of the coindelivered, for the purpose specified.

10. A machine as claimed in claim 1 including a manually operable lever,a second lever arranged in operative connection with one of theinter-engaging co-axial members and adapted to move the same angularlywith respect to the other, said manually operable lever being adapted toactuate said second lever through the medium of an inserted coin, one ofsaid co -axial members being rotatable relatively to the other throughthe medium of the inserted coin, and arranged to act as a stop to limitthe movement of the other member.

11. A machine as claimed in claim 1 including a manually operable lever,a second lever arranged in operative connection'with one of theinterengaging co-axial members and adapted to move the same angularlywith respect to the other, said manually operable lever being adapted toactuate said second lever through the medium of an inserted coin, meansfor automatically locking each of said co-axial members againstrotational movement during rotation of the other, one of said co-axialmembers being rotatable relatively to the other through the medium ofthe inserted coin, said member being adapted to act as a stop to limitthe movement of the other member.

12. A machine as claimed in claim 1 including a manually operable lever,a second lever arranged in operative connection with one of theinterengaging co-axial members and adapted to move the same angularlywith respect to the other, said manually operable lever being adapted toactuate said second lever through the medium of aninserted coin, meansfor automatically locking each of said co-axial members againstrotational movement during rotation of the other, a series of levers forcausing the delivery of a corresponding series of coins of predeterminedvalue, each of said levers being arranged to co-operate with saidco-axial members to cause the latter to rotate relatively'to one anotherby an amount proportionate to the value of the coin delivered, one ofsaid coaxial members being. rotatable relatively to the other throughthe medium of the inserted coin, said member being adapted to act as astop to limit the movement of the other member. a

13. A machine as claimed in claim 1 including a manually operable lever,a second leverarranged in operative connection with one oftheinterengaging co-axial members and adapted to move the same angularlywith respect to the other, said manually operable lever being adapted toactuate said second lever through the medium of an inserted coin, andwherein one of the said coaxial members is fixed against co-axialmovement, the other being movable axially and adapted to carry a camoperable on the relative rotation of said members to cause said membersto move axially to one another.

14. A machine as claimed in claim 1 including a manually operable lever,a second lever arranged in operative connection with one of theinterengaging co-axial members and adapted to move the same angularlywith respect to the other, said manually operable lever being adapted toactuate said second lever through the medium of an inserted coin, andmeans for automatically locking each co-axial member against rotationalmovement during rotation of the other, one of said co-axial membersbeing fixed against axial movement, the other being movable axially andadapted to carry a cam operable on the relative rotation of said membersto cause said members to move axially to one another. a

15. A machine as claimed in claim 1 including a manually operable lever,a second lever arranged in operative connection with one of theinterengaging co-axial members and adapted to move the same angularlywith respect to the other, said manually operable lever being adapted toactuate said second lever through the medium of an inserted. coin, andmeans for automatically locking each co-axial member against ,rotationalmovement during rotation of the other, one of said co-axial membersbeing fixed against axial movement, the other being movable axially andadapted to carry a cam operable on the relative rotation of said membersto cause said members to move axially to one another, one of saidmembers being arranged to act as a stop to limit the movement of theother member.

16. Amachine as claimed in claim 1 wherein one of said co-axial membersis fixed against axial movement and the other is movable axially, thelatter carrying a cam operable on the relative rotation of said membersto cause said-members to move axially to one another, a lever, oneend ofwhich is adapted to be engaged by said axially movable member, a seriesof key levers, and a series of latches adapted to be moved into lockingengagement with said key levers by the other end of said first namedlever.

17 A machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein means are provided to preventat any one time, the delivery of more than one coin or predeterminedseries of coins.

18. A machine as claimed in claim 1 including a manually operable lever,a second lever arranged in operative connection with one of theinterengaging co-axial members and adapted to move the same angularlywith respectto the other, said manually operable lever being adapted toactuate said second lever through the medium of an in.- serted coin,means for automatically locking each of said co-a-xial members againstrotational movement during rotation of the other, a series of levers forcausing the delivery of a corresponding series of coins of predeterminedvalue, each of said levers being arranged to co-operate With saidco-axial memhere to cause the latter to rotate relatively to one anotherby an amount proportionate to the value of the coin delivered, for thepurpose specified, and a gate structure adjacent said operating leversand adapted to be en'- gaged thereby to permit the operation of only oneof said levers at one time substan tially as described.

19. A machine as claimed in claim 1 Wherein certain of said leversoperable exteriorly of the machine are provided with full strokemechanism.

20. A machine as claimed in claim 1 including a carriage operableexteriorly of the machine and adapted to impart a predetermined movementto a slide in operative engagement with one of the aforesaid pairs ofco-aXial members, said carriage being adapted to be engaged by aninserted coin, and a shutter arranged to release the coin from saidcarriage at a predetermined point during the return movement thereof.

21. A machine as claimed in claim 1 including a carriage operableexterior-1y of the machine to impart a predetermined movement to a slidein operative engagement with one of the aforesaid pairs of co-axialmembers, said carriage adapted to be engaged by an inserted coin, and ashutter arranged to release the coin from said carriage at apredetermined point in the movement thereof, said means providedexteriorly of the machine for moving the inserted coin being adapted todeliver automatically a predetermined coin or series of coins.

ALFRED JAMES HUNT.

